Passengers escape fire on Ambon ferry
Passengers escape fire on Ambon ferry
AMBON, Maluku: Hundreds of Indonesians survived a fire which
broke out Saturday aboard the passenger ship MV Simpati as it was
to set sail for Buru island from Ambon.
No one was killed. The fire was most likely caused by a short
circuit, Antara reported.
"We had to abandon the ship immediately after the lights went
out and thick smoke came out of the engine room," Antara quoted a
passenger as saying.
There were no immediate details on the number of passengers
aboard or the size of the ship. Three fire trucks had to be
called to the dock to extinguish flames.
AMBON, Maluku: Hundreds of Indonesians survived a fire which
broke out Saturday aboard the passenger ship MV Simpati as it was
to set sail for Buru island from Ambon.
No one was killed. The fire was most likely caused by a short
circuit, Antara reported.
"We had to abandon the ship immediately after the lights went
out and thick smoke came out of the engine room," Antara quoted a
passenger as saying.
There were no immediate details on the number of passengers
aboard or the size of the ship. Three fire trucks had to be
called to the dock to extinguish flames.